A-gā've, n.

n. [Gr. ἀγαυή, f. of ἀγαυός, illustrious, noble.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Amaryllidaceæ: the American aloe, or century plant. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower-stem, forty feet in height, and perishes. Eng. Cyc.